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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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