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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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