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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 @@¤&**^=,.
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.,=^*&¤@## = BY THEN THE ELVES WOULD BE GONE. = ##@¤&*^=,.
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