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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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