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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 ¨,-\$*&@@@
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@&$\,¨¨¨¨¨ THOUGH WE WERE NOT ALLOWED. - - - - - - ¨¨¨¨¨,\$&@
@&$\\\-,¨¨ - - 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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