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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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨:-††
$††-:¨¨¨¨¨ CAME TO TRUST THEM. - - - - - - - - US ¨¨¨¨¨:-††$
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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. - - - - - - - - - - - - ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ - BY THEN THE ELVES WOULD BE GONE. - ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:
-:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:-
†-:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:-†
††-:¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨:-††
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