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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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