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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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