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¨¨¨¨,=:%$¤ = = = =  elves live in the land  = = = = ¤$%:=,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,=:%$¤¶ = = =  = beyond  the great dam. = = =  = ¶¤$%:=,¨¨¨
¨¨,=:%$¤¶# = it  was  built in  the late sixties. = #¶¤$%:=,¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨,=:%$ 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 #¶¤$%:=,¨¨
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¨¨¨¨,=:%$¤ 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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