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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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&¤†*~:¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨:~*†¤&###
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&¤†*~:¨¨¨¨ ~ BY THEN THE ELVES WOULD BE GONE. ~ ¨¨¨¨:~*†¤&
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