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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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