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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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