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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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