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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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