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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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