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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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