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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. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ #@#&£*=~~,
,,,,~*££&@ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ @&££*~,,,,
,~~=*£&### ~ by then the elves would be gone. ~ ###&£*=~~,
,~~=*£&#@# ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ #@#&£*=~~,
,~~=*£&&&# ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ #&&&£*=~~,
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