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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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##@@£=/~,. kids would play down at the water even .,~/=£@@##
@##@£=/~,. though we were not allowed. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ .,~/=£@##@
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#@#@£=/~,. foot would dry up, revealing the rocky .,~/=£@#@#
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##@#@£=/,. 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 .,~/=£@#@#
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