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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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,,,,,,,,== = BY THEN THE ELVES WOULD BE GONE. = ==,,,,,,,,
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