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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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