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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. - - - ####**;-:¨
¨:-;**#### - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ####**;-:¨
¨:-;**#### - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ####**;-:¨
¨¨:----**# 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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