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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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