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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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#@@@£§*~-¨ 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 ¨-~*§£@@@@
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@@@@£§*~-¨ BENEATH, AND WE WOULD GO THERE. ~ ~ ~ ~ ¨-~*§£@@@@
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#@@@£§*~-¨ THERE WOULD BE A SIGNAL, BUT THE ELVES ¨-~*§£@@@#
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@@@@£§*~-¨ WE WOULD FIND THE WATER RISING, ALREADY ¨-~*§£@@@@
#@@@£§*~-¨ AT OUR KNEES. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ¨-~*§£@@@#
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