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¨¨~~=$%§## ~ ~ ~ ~ ELVES LIVE IN THE LAND ~ ~ ~ ~ ##§%$=~~¨¨
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¨¨~~=$%§## ~ IT WAS BUILT IN THE LATE SIXTIES. ~ ##§%$=~~¨¨
¨¨¨~~=$%§# ~ ~ ~ THE ELVES CAME TO US THEN. ~ ~ ~ #§%$=~~¨¨¨
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¨¨~~=$%§## ~ ~ SOMETIMES THE SLUICE WOULD CLOSE ##§%$=~~¨¨
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¨¨~~=$%§## FOOT WOULD DRY UP, REVEALING THE ROCKY ##§%$=~~¨¨
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¨¨~~=$%§## BENEATH, AND WE WOULD GO THERE. ~ ~ ~ ~ ##§%$=~~¨¨
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¨¨~~=$%§## THERE WOULD BE A SIGNAL, BUT THE ELVES ##§%$=~~¨¨
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¨¨~~=$%§## WE WOULD FIND THE WATER RISING, ALREADY ##§%$=~~¨¨
¨¨¨~~=$%§# AT OUR KNEES. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ #§%$=~~¨¨¨
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¨~~=$%§### ~ BY THEN THE ELVES WOULD BE GONE. ~ ###§%$=~~¨
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