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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. = = = = = = =  = = =  = = ..........
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.......... = BY THEN  THE  ELVES WOULD BE  GONE.  = ..........
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