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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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