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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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