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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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