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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 ##§*===:¨¨
¨:=*$##### AT OUR  KNEES. = = = = = = = = =  = =  = #####$*=:¨
¨:=*§$#### = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =  = ####$§*=:¨
¨¨¨¨¨:*$## = BY THEN THE  ELVES  WOULD  BE  GONE. = ##$*:¨¨¨¨¨
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