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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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