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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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