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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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##§$$/=^¨¨                                          ¨¨^=/$$§##
#§$$/=^¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨^=/$$§#