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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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