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.~~††&¤@## ##@¤&††~~.
..~~††&¤@# #@¤&††~~..
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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. ~ ~ ~ &††~~.....
....~~††&¤ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ¤&††~~....
...~~††&¤@ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ @¤&††~~...
..~~††&¤@# 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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