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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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¨¨¨¨¨¨=*#¶ 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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