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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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