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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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