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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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