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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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