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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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¨¨:=†*§### 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, ###§*†=:¨¨
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¨¨:=†*§### WOULD MAKE US NOT HEAR IT, AND SUDDENLY ###§*†=:¨¨
¨¨¨:=†*§## WE WOULD FIND THE WATER RISING, ALREADY ##§*†=:¨¨¨
¨¨:=†*§### AT OUR KNEES. = = = = = = = = = = = = ###§*†=:¨¨
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¨¨:=†*§### = BY THEN THE ELVES WOULD BE GONE. = ###§*†=:¨¨
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