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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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####¤$%==- CAME TO TRUST THEM. = = = = = = = = US -==%$¤####
####¤$%=-. KIDS WOULD PLAY DOWN AT THE WATER EVEN .-=%$¤####
¤%==-..... 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. = = = = .....=%¤¤#
###¤$%==-. = = = = BEFORE THE DAM OPENED AGAIN, .-==%$¤###
###¤$%==-. THERE WOULD BE A SIGNAL, BUT THE ELVES .-==%$¤###
###¤$%==-. WOULD MAKE US NOT HEAR IT, AND SUDDENLY .-==%$¤###
##$$%%==-. WE WOULD FIND THE WATER RISING, ALREADY .-==%%$$##
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###¤$%==-. = BY THEN THE ELVES WOULD BE GONE. = .-==%$¤###
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