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§***^//--, - - - - elves live in  the land - -  - - ,--//^***§
§**^-,,,,, - - - - beyond  the great  dam. - - -  - ,,,,,-^**§
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##£§*^/--, - - -  the elves came to us then. -  - - ,--/^*§£##
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£****^/--, though we were not allowed. - - -  - - - ,--/^****£
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£§***^/--, entirely,  and the  river  at  the  dams ,--/^***§£
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§*^-,,,,,, 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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