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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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