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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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