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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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