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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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