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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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