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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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