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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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