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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 $=/~~.....
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.......~~/ 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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