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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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