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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. - - - #¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
#¨##¨¨#¨#¨ -  - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - #¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
#¨¨#¨##¨#¨ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  - - #¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
#¨##¨¨#¨#¨ 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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