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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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.......... = = = = = = = = = = = = = =  = = = = = = ..........
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