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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, #¤^\==~~..
.~=\^£¤£## 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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