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