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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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