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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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