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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 ¨-~=***£¶¶
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#@¶&£*=~-¨ ~ BY THEN THE ELVES WOULD BE GONE. ~ ¨-~=*£&¶@#
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