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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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