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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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