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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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