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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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