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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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