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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, .......--^
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