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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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