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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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.....-$$£¶ came to  trust them.  - - - - - - - - us ¶£$$-.....
.^^-///££# 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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.^-/$££££¶ we would find  the water rising, already ¶££££$/-^.
.^----$££¶ at our knees. - - - - -  -  - -  - - - - ¶££$----^.
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...---$$£¶ -  by  then the elves would  be  gone. - ¶£$$---...
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