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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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