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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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#**=^^¨¨¨¨ 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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