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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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