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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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