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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. = = = = = = = = = = = = ####*%^=~,
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,~=^%*#### = BY THEN THE ELVES WOULD BE GONE. = ####*%^=~,
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