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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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