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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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