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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 ¨:-:*%@@##
#@@@%*:-:¨ 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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