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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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