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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. =  = = ,,,,:=^=§§
§=^=:,,,,, = = = = =  = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ,,,,,:=^=§
=^=:,,,,,, = = = = = = = = = = = =  = = = = = = = = ,,,,,,:=^=
^=:,,,,,,, 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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