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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 @%=^=-¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨-=^=% 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. = = = = #@%=^=-¨¨¨
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¨¨¨-=^=%@# WE WOULD FIND THE WATER RISING, ALREADY #@%=^=-¨¨¨
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