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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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