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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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,,,,,,,,=† =  = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = †=,,,,,,,,
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