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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. ~ ~ ~ ¨¨¨¨~*@@#@
#@@@†*~¨¨¨ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ¨¨¨~*†@@@#
@@#&@†*~~¨ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ¨~~*†@&#@@
#&&&@†*~~¨ 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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