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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. - - - - - - - - - - - - .^-=*%¶###
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¶%=^...... - BY THEN THE ELVES WOULD BE GONE. - ......^=%¶
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