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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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