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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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