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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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