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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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