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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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