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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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