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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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#@§§†~.... ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ....~†§§@#
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