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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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