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§¤*~,¨¨¨¨¨ ~ ~ ~ ~ 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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