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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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