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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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