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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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