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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.  = = = = = =  = = = =  = = ##§£%\=,,,
,,,,=\%£§# = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =  = = = = #§£%\=,,,,
,,,,,=\%£§ = BY  THEN  THE ELVES WOULD  BE GONE.  = §£%\=,,,,,
,,,,,,=\%£ = = = = = = = = = = = = = =  = = = = = = £%\=,,,,,,
,,,,,,,=\% = = = = = = = = =  = = = = = = = = = = = %\=,,,,,,,
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