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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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