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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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