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.:-=$$§### - - - -  - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ###§$$=-:.
..:-=$$§## - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  - - ##§$$=-:..
...:-=$$§# - - - -  ELVES LIVE IN THE LAND - -  - - #§$$=-:...
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.:-=$$§### -  IT WAS BUILT IN THE  LATE  SIXTIES. - ###§$$=-:.
..:-=$$§## - -  - THE ELVES CAME TO US THEN. -  - - ##§$$=-:..
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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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