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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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