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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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