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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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