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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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