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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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