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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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