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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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,,,,,,,:=/ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = /=:,,,,,,,
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