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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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