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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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