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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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