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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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