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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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