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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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...~~†^£## 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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