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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 ,,,~~~~=##
#¶$==,,,,, WOULD MAKE US NOT HEAR IT, AND SUDDENLY ,,,,,==$¶#
¶¶#$=~,,,, WE WOULD FIND THE WATER RISING, ALREADY ,,,,~=$#¶¶
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##¶#$==~,, ~ BY THEN THE ELVES WOULD BE GONE. ~ ,,~==$#¶##
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