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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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