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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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