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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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