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####$§:--¨ -  - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ¨--:§$####
@#$:::--¨¨ -  - - - ELVES LIVE IN  THE LAND - - - - ¨¨--:::$#@
##@#$§:--¨ - - -  -  BEYOND THE GREAT DAM. -  - - - ¨--:§$#@##
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##@#$§:--¨ -  - -  THE ELVES CAME TO US THEN. - - - ¨--:§$#@##
####$§:--¨ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  - - - - ¨--:§$####
@#§---¨¨¨¨ - - - - - - -  - - - - - - - - - - - - - ¨¨¨¨---§#@
##§:-¨¨¨¨¨ 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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##@#$§:--¨ - - - - - - - - - - - -  - - - - - - - - ¨--:§$#@##
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