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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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