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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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