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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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