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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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