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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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