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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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