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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. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ¨¨¨^=†*#@@
#@@#*†=^¨¨ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ¨¨^=†*#@@#
##@@#*†=^¨ ~ by then the elves would be gone. ~ ¨^=†*#@@##
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