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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. = = = = .......:=^
$^=:...... = =  =  =  BEFORE THE DAM OPENED  AGAIN, ......:=^$
*$^=:..... THERE  WOULD BE A  SIGNAL, BUT THE ELVES .....:=^$*
¤*$^=:.... WOULD MAKE  US NOT HEAR IT, AND SUDDENLY ....:=^$*¤
#¤*$^=:... WE WOULD  FIND THE WATER RISING, ALREADY ...:=^$*¤#
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###¤*$^=:. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =  = = = = = .:=^$*¤###
##¤*$^=:.. =  BY THEN THE  ELVES WOULD BE  GONE.  = ..:=^$*¤##
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