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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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