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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 ,,,,,,,,~*
$*~,,,,,,, beneath, and we  would go there. ~ ~ ~ ~ ,,,,,,,~*$
£$*~,,,,,, ~  ~  ~ ~ before the dam  opened  again, ,,,,,,~*$£
@£$*~,,,,, there would be a  signal, but the  elves ,,,,,~*$£@
¶@£$*~,,,, would make  us not hear it, and suddenly ,,,,~*$£@¶
@¶@£$*~,,, we would  find the water rising, already ,,,~*$£@¶@
#@¶@£$*~,, at our knees. ~ ~  ~ ~ ~ ~  ~ ~ ~ ~  ~ ~ ,,~*$£@¶@#
@¶@£$*~,,, ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~  ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ,,,~*$£@¶@
¶@£$*~,,,, ~ by  then the elves would  be  gone.  ~ ,,,,~*$£@¶
@£$*~,,,,, ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~  ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ,,,,,~*$£@
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