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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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