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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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