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