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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 ¨¨¨¨¨~%%§¶
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¶¤%~¨¨¨¨¨¨ ~ by then the elves would be gone. ~ ¨¨¨¨¨¨~%¤¶
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