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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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¨¨¨¨¨¨,~/§                                          §/~,¨¨¨¨¨¨