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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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