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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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