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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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¨~=\*%§#@# CAME TO TRUST THEM. = = = = = = = = US #@#§%*\=~¨
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¨~=\*%§§§@ THOUGH WE WERE NOT ALLOWED. = = = = = = @§§§%*\=~¨
¨~=\*%§### = = SOMETIMES THE SLUICE WOULD CLOSE ###§%*\=~¨
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¨~=\**%%§# FOOT WOULD DRY UP, REVEALING THE ROCKY #§%%**\=~¨
¨~=\*%§@## WATER GARDEN THAT HAD BEEN HIDDEN ##@§%*\=~¨
¨¨¨~\\\*%# BENEATH, AND WE WOULD GO THERE. = = = = #%*\\\~¨¨¨
¨~=\*%§#@# = = = = BEFORE THE DAM OPENED AGAIN, #@#§%*\=~¨
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¨~=\*%§#@# WE WOULD FIND THE WATER RISING, ALREADY #@#§%*\=~¨
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