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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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