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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 ,,,,=\**¤@
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¤**\=,,,,, = BY THEN THE ELVES WOULD BE GONE. = ,,,,,=\**¤
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