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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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