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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. = = =  =  = =  = = = = = = @*%:=~....
...~=:%*@¶ = = = = = = = = = = = =  = = = = = = = = ¶@*%:=~...
..~=:%*@¶# =  BY  THEN  THE  ELVES WOULD BE GONE. = #¶@*%:=~..
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