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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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