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¨¨¨¨,~=§*£ ~ ~ ~ ~ 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. ~ ~ ~ ~ ,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~= 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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