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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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