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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. = = = ^=^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^= 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. = = = = = = = = = = = = ^=^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^ = by then the elves would be gone. = ^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^=^ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ^=^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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