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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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