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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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨:-\%
\-:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ THOUGH WE WERE NOT ALLOWED. - - - - - - ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:-\
%\-:¨¨¨¨¨¨ - - SOMETIMES THE SLUICE WOULD CLOSE ¨¨¨¨¨¨:-\%
%%\-:¨¨¨¨¨ ENTIRELY, AND THE RIVER AT THE DAMS ¨¨¨¨¨:-\%%
@%%\-:¨¨¨¨ FOOT WOULD DRY UP, REVEALING THE ROCKY ¨¨¨¨:-\%%@
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#@@%%\-:¨¨ BENEATH, AND WE WOULD GO THERE. - - - - ¨¨:-\%%@@#
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@%%\-:¨¨¨¨ WE WOULD FIND THE WATER RISING, ALREADY ¨¨¨¨:-\%%@
%%\-:¨¨¨¨¨ AT OUR KNEES. - - - - - - - - - - - - ¨¨¨¨¨:-\%%
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\-:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ - BY THEN THE ELVES WOULD BE GONE. - ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:-\
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