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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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