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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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