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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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