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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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