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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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