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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 ,,,,,,-=¤@
§$$==,,,,, WE WOULD FIND THE WATER RISING,  ALREADY ,,,,,==$$§
§§$$=--,,, AT OUR KNEES.  = =  = = = = = = =  = = = ,,,--=$$§§
##@§¤$==-, = = = = = = =  = = = = = = = = = = = = = ,-==$¤§@##
§$=,,,,,,, = BY  THEN  THE  ELVES  WOULD BE GONE. = ,,,,,,,=$§
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