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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. = =  = ..........
:......... =  = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = .........:
=:........ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =  = = ........:=
/=:....... 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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