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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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