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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 ##@&*=:=:¨
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