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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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