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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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¨¨¨¨,,/&£@ 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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