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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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