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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. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ##@§§*=~:¨
¨:~=***§§@ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ @§§***=~:¨
¨¨¨¨:::=*§ ~ BY THEN THE ELVES WOULD BE GONE. ~ §*=:::¨¨¨¨
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