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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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