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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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@¶¶@¤*†-,¨ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ¨,-†*¤@¶¶@
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