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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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