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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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