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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 ##@@#=*~-¨
¨-~*$#@@## WE WOULD FIND THE WATER RISING, ALREADY ##@@#$*~-¨
¨-~*=$#@@@ AT OUR KNEES. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ @@@#$=*~-¨
¨-~*=$#@@# ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ #@@#$=*~-¨
¨-~*=$#@@# ~ BY THEN THE ELVES WOULD BE GONE. ~ #@@#$=*~-¨
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