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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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.....=**$§ kids would play down at the  water  even §$**=.....
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...=**$§£@ foot  would dry up, revealing  the rocky @£§$**=...
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.....=**$§ beneath, and we would go there. =  = = = §$**=.....
......=**$ = = = =  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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