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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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