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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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##&§%^-:¨¨ came to trust them. - - - - - - - - us ¨¨:-^%§&##
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#&§%^-:¨¨¨ - - sometimes the sluice would close ¨¨¨:-^%§&#
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^-:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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