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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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