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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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,,,,=††*&¶ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ¶&*††=,,,,
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