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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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#¶#%^^-:¨¨ CAME TO TRUST THEM. - - - - - - - - US ¨¨:-^^%#¶#
##¶#%^^-:¨ KIDS WOULD PLAY DOWN AT THE WATER EVEN ¨:-^^%#¶##
#¶#%^^-:¨¨ THOUGH WE WERE NOT ALLOWED. - - - - - - ¨¨:-^^%#¶#
¶#%^^-:¨¨¨ - - SOMETIMES THE SLUICE WOULD CLOSE ¨¨¨:-^^%#¶
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%^^-:¨¨¨¨¨ 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. - - - - - - - - - - - - ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:-
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^^-:¨¨¨¨¨¨ - BY THEN THE ELVES WOULD BE GONE. - ¨¨¨¨¨¨:-^^
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