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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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