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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. - - - - - - - - - - - - .,-=*§&@##
##@&§*=-,. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - .,-=*§&@##
#&&&§*=-,. - by then the elves would be gone. - .,-=*§&&&#
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