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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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