,,,~~$$&¶¶ ¶¶&$$~~,,,
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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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