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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 ¨¨¨:^^%¤¤@
@#$%-:¨¨¨¨ came to trust them. - - - - - - - - us ¨¨¨¨:-%$#@
#@#¤$%^-:¨ kids would play down at the water even ¨:-^%$¤#@#
¤$%%^^--:¨ though we were not allowed. - - - - - - ¨:--^^%%$¤
##@#$%^-:¨ - - sometimes the sluice would close ¨:-^%$#@##
#@#¤$%^-:¨ entirely, and the river at the dams ¨:-^%$¤#@#
#$^::¨¨¨¨¨ foot would dry up, revealing the rocky ¨¨¨¨¨::^$#
@@#¤$%^-:¨ water garden that had been hidden ¨:-^%$¤#@@
@¤$$%---:¨ beneath, and we would go there. - - - - ¨:---%$$¤@
#¤¤¤$%^-:¨ - - - - before the dam opened again, ¨:-^%$¤¤¤#
#¤$^--¨¨¨¨ there would be a signal, but the elves ¨¨¨¨--^$¤#
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¤%^^-¨¨¨¨¨ we would find the water rising, already ¨¨¨¨¨-^^%¤
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@##¤$%^-:¨ - by then the elves would be gone. - ¨:-^%$¤##@
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