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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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