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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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