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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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