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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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