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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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