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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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¨.~/%£#@## 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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