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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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