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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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¨¨¨¨~~*$@# ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ #@$*~~¨¨¨¨
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