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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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¨:=:%%&### = BY THEN THE ELVES WOULD BE GONE. = ###&%%:=:¨
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