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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 #¶¤£===:..
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..:===£¤¶# 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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