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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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