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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. = = = = = =  = =  = =  = = £$^/=,....
.....,=/^$ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =  = = $^/=,.....
......,=/^ = by then  the  elves would  be gone.  = ^/=,......
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