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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. = = = = = = =  =  =  = = = ###@=\=,,,
,,=\=@#### = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =  = = ####@=\=,,
,,,=\=@### =  BY  THEN THE ELVES WOULD BE  GONE.  = ###@=\=,,,
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