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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 ¨,*§¤@£###
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##£@¤§*~,¨ ~ BY THEN THE ELVES WOULD BE GONE. ~ ¨,~*§¤@£##
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