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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. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ##@@£%^~.¨
¨.~^%£@@## ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ##@@£%^~.¨
¨¨¨¨..~^%@ ~ BY THEN THE ELVES WOULD BE GONE. ~ @%^~..¨¨¨¨
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