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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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