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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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