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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. = = = ,-=**¤@###
###@¤**=-, = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ,-=**¤@###
###@¤**=-, = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ,-=**¤@###
###@¤**=-, 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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