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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. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ¨¨¨-~^§%#@
#@#%§^~-¨¨ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ¨¨-~^§%#@#
##@#%§^~-¨ ~ by then the elves would be gone. ~ ¨-~^§%#@##
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