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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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