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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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##@§$^--¨¨ CAME TO TRUST  THEM. - -  - - - - - - US ¨¨--^$§@##
#@§$^--¨¨¨ KIDS WOULD PLAY DOWN AT  THE  WATER EVEN ¨¨¨--^$§@#
@§$^--¨¨¨¨ THOUGH WE WERE NOT ALLOWED. - - - - -  - ¨¨¨¨--^$§@
§$^--¨¨¨¨¨ -  -  SOMETIMES  THE SLUICE  WOULD CLOSE ¨¨¨¨¨--^$§
@§$^--¨¨¨¨ ENTIRELY,  AND THE  RIVER  AT  THE  DAMS ¨¨¨¨--^$§@
#@§$^--¨¨¨ FOOT  WOULD DRY UP, REVEALING  THE ROCKY ¨¨¨--^$§@#
##@§$^--¨¨ WATER   GARDEN  THAT   HAD  BEEN  HIDDEN ¨¨--^$§@##
###@§$^--¨ BENEATH, AND  WE WOULD GO THERE. - - - - ¨--^$§@###
##@§$^--¨¨ -  -  -  -  BEFORE THE DAM OPENED AGAIN, ¨¨--^$§@##
#@§$^--¨¨¨ THERE  WOULD BE A SIGNAL, BUT  THE ELVES ¨¨¨--^$§@#
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§$^--¨¨¨¨¨ WE WOULD  FIND THE WATER RISING, ALREADY ¨¨¨¨¨--^$§
@§$^--¨¨¨¨ AT OUR KNEES.  - - - -  - - -  - - - - - ¨¨¨¨--^$§@
#@§$^--¨¨¨ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  - - ¨¨¨--^$§@#
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