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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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