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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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