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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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