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###@$%\~:, ~ ~ ~ ~ elves live in  the land ~  ~ ~ ~ ,:~\%$@###
##@$%\~:,, ~  ~ ~  ~  beyond the great dam. ~ ~ ~ ~ ,,:~\%$@##
#@$%\~:,,, ~ it  was built  in the  late sixties. ~ ,,,:~\%$@#
##@$%\~:,, ~  ~ ~ the elves came to us  then. ~ ~ ~ ,,:~\%$@##
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#@$%\~:,,, they  were  very  manipulative,  and  we ,,,:~\%$@#
##@$%\~:,, came to trust them. ~  ~ ~  ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ us ,,:~\%$@##
###@$%\~:, kids  would play down at the  water even ,:~\%$@###
##@$%\~:,, though we were not allowed. ~ ~ ~ ~  ~ ~ ,,:~\%$@##
#@$%\~:,,, ~  ~  sometimes the  sluice  would close ,,,:~\%$@#
##@$%\~:,, entirely,  and  the  river at  the  dams ,,:~\%$@##
###@$%\~:, foot would  dry up, revealing  the rocky ,:~\%$@###
##@$%\~:,, water  garden   that  had  been   hidden ,,:~\%$@##
#@$%\~:,,, beneath, and  we would go there. ~ ~ ~ ~ ,,,:~\%$@#
##@$%\~:,, ~  ~  ~  ~  before the dam opened again, ,,:~\%$@##
###@$%\~:, there would  be  a signal, but the elves ,:~\%$@###
##@$%\~:,, would make us not hear  it, and suddenly ,,:~\%$@##
#@$%\~:,,, we would find  the water rising, already ,,,:~\%$@#
##@$%\~:,, at  our knees. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~  ~ ~  ~ ~ ,,:~\%$@##
###@$%\~:, ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~  ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ,:~\%$@###
##@$%\~:,, ~ by then  the  elves  would  be gone. ~ ,,:~\%$@##
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