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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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