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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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