,,,,=/$§##                                          ##§$/=,,,,
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,,,,,=/$§# = = = = = = = =  = = = = = = = = = = = = #§$/=,,,,,
,,,,,,=/$§ = = = =  = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = §$/=,,,,,,
,,,,,,,=/$ = = = = ELVES LIVE  IN THE LAND = = =  = $/=,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,=/ = = =  = BEYOND  THE  GREAT DAM. = = = = /=,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,= = IT WAS BUILT IN  THE LATE  SIXTIES.  = =,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, =  = = THE  ELVES CAME TO US THEN. = = = ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, = = = = = = = =  = = = = = = = = = = = = ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, = = = = = = = = = = =  = = = = = = = = = ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, THEY  WERE  VERY  MANIPULATIVE,  AND  WE ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, CAME TO TRUST THEM. = =  = = =  = = = US ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, KIDS WOULD  PLAY DOWN  AT THE WATER EVEN ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, THOUGH WE WERE  NOT ALLOWED. = = = = = = ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,= = = SOMETIMES  THE  SLUICE  WOULD  CLOSE =,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,=/ ENTIRELY,  AND  THE  RIVER  AT  THE DAMS /=,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,=/$ 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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