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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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