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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 ,^=^%%¤###
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###¤%%^=^, 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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¤%^^^,,,,, = BY THEN THE ELVES WOULD BE GONE. = ,,,,,^^^%¤
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