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###§%*;=.. = = = = elves live in the land = = = = ..=;*%§###
###§%*;=.. = = = = beyond the great dam. = = = = ..=;*%§###
###§%*;=.. = it was built in the late sixties. = ..=;*%§###
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###§%*;=.. 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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