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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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