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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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨~~/§
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¤£§/~~¨¨¨¨ 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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