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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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