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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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