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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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#@%†\=,¨¨¨ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ¨¨¨,=\†%@#
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