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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. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ¨¨~~~~~:^&
#@¶&*^:~~¨ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ¨~~:^*&¶@#
#@¶&*^:~~¨ ~ by then the elves would be gone. ~ ¨~~:^*&¶@#
#@¶&*^:~~¨ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ¨~~:^*&¶@#
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