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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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