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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 ,^=\$*#@##
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##@#*$\=^, though we were not allowed. = = = = = = ,^=\$*#@##
#@#*$\=^,, = = 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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