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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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