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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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