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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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