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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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