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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. = = = #¨¨#¨##¨#¨
#¨#¨#¨#¨#¨ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = #¨##¨¨#¨#¨
#¨#¨#¨#¨#¨ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = #¨¨#¨##¨#¨
#¨#¨#¨#¨#¨ 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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