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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 ,,,====§*#
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