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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 ##¶¤**:~:¨
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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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