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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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