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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. = = = ¨-==%*#@##
#@#*%==-¨¨ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ¨¨-==%*#@#
##@#*%==-¨ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ¨-==%*#@##
#@#*%==-¨¨ 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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