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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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