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=:........ = = = = ELVES LIVE IN THE LAND =  = =  = ........:=
==:....... = = = = BEYOND  THE GREAT DAM. =  = =  = .......:==
$==:...... = IT WAS BUILT  IN  THE LATE  SIXTIES. = ......:==$
*$==:..... = =  = THE  ELVES CAME TO US THEN. = = = .....:==$*
&*$==:.... = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =  = = = ....:==$*&
@&*$==:... = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =  = ...:==$*&@
@@&*$==:.. THEY  WERE  VERY  MANIPULATIVE,  AND  WE ..:==$*&@@
#@@&*$==:. CAME TO TRUST THEM. = = = = =  =  = = US .:==$*&@@#
@@&*$==:.. KIDS WOULD PLAY DOWN  AT THE  WATER EVEN ..:==$*&@@
@&*$==:... THOUGH WE WERE NOT ALLOWED. = =  = = = = ...:==$*&@
&*$==:.... =  =  SOMETIMES  THE SLUICE  WOULD CLOSE ....:==$*&
*$==:..... ENTIRELY,  AND THE  RIVER  AT  THE  DAMS .....:==$*
$==:...... FOOT  WOULD DRY  UP, REVEALING THE ROCKY ......:==$
==:....... 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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