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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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