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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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