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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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