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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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