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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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