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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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