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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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