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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 ¨¨.~\%%£@#
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