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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. = = = = ##@$†;=^¨¨
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¨¨^=;†$@## THERE WOULD BE A SIGNAL, BUT THE ELVES ##@$†;=^¨¨
¨¨¨^=;†$@# WOULD MAKE US NOT HEAR IT, AND SUDDENLY #@$†;=^¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨^=;†$@ WE WOULD FIND THE WATER RISING, ALREADY @$†;=^¨¨¨¨
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