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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. =  = = ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =  = = = = ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ = = = = = = = = = = = = =  = = = = = = = ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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;=,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,=;