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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. = = = = = = = = = =  =  = ##¤*==....
....~**¤£# = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =  = = #£¤**~....
.~=*%¤£### = BY  THEN THE  ELVES  WOULD BE GONE.  = ###£¤%*=~.
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