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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. = = = = = = = = = = = = ¨¨¨-=\†*¤¶
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##¶¤*†\=-¨ = BY THEN THE ELVES WOULD BE GONE. = ¨-=\†*¤¶##
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