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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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