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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. - - - ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, - - - - - - - - - - -  - - - - - - - - - ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, - - - - - - - - -  - - - - - - - - - - - ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, 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. - - - - -  -  - - - - - - ,,,,^=%&&@
&&%=^,,,,, - - - - - - - - - - - - -  - - - - - - - ,,,,,^=%&&
&%=^,,,,,, -  by then  the  elves would  be gone. - ,,,,,,^=%&
%=^,,,,,,, - - - - - - - - -  - - - - - - - - - - - ,,,,,,,^=%
=^,,,,,,,, - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  - - ,,,,,,,,^=
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