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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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.,~;†§@¶## ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~  ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ##¶@§†;~,.
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