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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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