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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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