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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 #§$=/=,...
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