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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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