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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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