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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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