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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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