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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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