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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. - - - - - - - - - - - - ¨¨¨¨¨~†%%#
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%†~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ - by then the elves would be gone. - ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~†%
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