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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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