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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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