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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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¤¤¤¤%§†~,. 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, ....~††§¤¤
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#@£¤%§†~,. would make us not hear it, and suddenly .,~†§%¤£@#
£%†~...... we would find the water rising, already ......~†%£
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@¤§†~~.... ~ by then the elves would be gone. ~ ....~~†§¤@
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