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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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