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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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