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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. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ¨¨,~=%%@¶@
¶@%%=~,¨¨¨ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ¨¨¨,~=%%@¶
@%%=~,¨¨¨¨ ~ by then the elves would be gone. ~ ¨¨¨¨,~=%%@
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