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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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