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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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