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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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