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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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