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###@£§\~,¨ ~ ~ ~ ~ ELVES LIVE IN THE LAND ~ ~ ~ ~ ¨,~\§£@###
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###@£§\~,¨ ~ 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 ¨,~\§£@###
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###@£§\~,¨ 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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