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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. = = = = = = = = = = = = @¤%%;=:¨¨¨
¨:=;%*¤@@@ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = @@@¤*%;=:¨
¨:=;%*¤@@@ = BY THEN THE ELVES WOULD BE GONE. = @@@¤*%;=:¨
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