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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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