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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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