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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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