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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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