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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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