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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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