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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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