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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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