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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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¨~-^†¤&¶## THEY WERE VERY MANIPULATIVE, AND WE ##¶&¤†^-~¨
¨~-^†¤&¶## CAME TO TRUST THEM. - - - - - - - - US ##¶&¤†^-~¨
¨¨¨~~^†††& KIDS WOULD PLAY DOWN AT THE WATER EVEN &†††^~~¨¨¨
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¨~-^†¤¤&&# - - SOMETIMES THE SLUICE WOULD CLOSE #&&¤¤†^-~¨
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¨~-^†¤&¶## FOOT WOULD DRY UP, REVEALING THE ROCKY ##¶&¤†^-~¨
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¨~~~-^†¤¤& BENEATH, AND WE WOULD GO THERE. - - - - &¤¤†^-~~~¨
¨¨¨¨-^¤¤¤¶ - - - - BEFORE THE DAM OPENED AGAIN, ¶¤¤¤^-¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~^†&¶ THERE WOULD BE A SIGNAL, BUT THE ELVES ¶&†^~¨¨¨¨¨
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¨~-^†¤&¶¶# AT OUR KNEES. - - - - - - - - - - - - #¶¶&¤†^-~¨
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¨~-^†¤&¶## - BY THEN THE ELVES WOULD BE GONE. - ##¶&¤†^-~¨
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