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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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