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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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