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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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