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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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