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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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