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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. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ##¶@¤^=~,¨
¨,~=^¤@¶## ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ##¶@¤^=~,¨
¨,~=^¤@¶## ~ by then the elves would be gone. ~ ##¶@¤^=~,¨
¨¨¨¨,==^@¶ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ¶@^==,¨¨¨¨
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