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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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