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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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