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¨¨¨¨:-:*%§ - - - - ELVES LIVE IN THE LAND - - - - §%*:-:¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨:-:*%§# - - - - BEYOND THE GREAT DAM. - - - - #§%*:-:¨¨¨
¨¨:-:*%§## - IT WAS BUILT IN THE LATE SIXTIES. - ##§%*:-:¨¨
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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 §%*:-:¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨:-:*%§# 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. - - - - - - - - - - - - #§%*:-:¨¨¨
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¨:-:*%§### - BY THEN THE ELVES WOULD BE GONE. - ###§%*:-:¨
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