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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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