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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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