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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. = = = = = = = = = = = = ,,,,,,=*@&
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@&&@%%*=,, = BY THEN THE ELVES WOULD BE GONE. = ,,=*%%@&&@
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