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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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