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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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