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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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