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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 ¨@¨@¨¨@¨@¨
@¨@¨@¨@¨@¨ 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. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ¨@¨@¨¨@¨@¨
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@¨@¨@¨@¨@¨ ~ BY THEN THE ELVES WOULD BE GONE. ~ ¨@¨@¨¨@¨@¨
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