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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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