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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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