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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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