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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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##¶£$†~~.. THEY  WERE  VERY  MANIPULATIVE,  AND  WE ..~~†$£¶##
#¶£$†~~... CAME TO TRUST THEM.  ~ ~ ~ ~  ~ ~ ~ ~ US ...~~†$£¶#
¶£$†~~.... KIDS  WOULD PLAY  DOWN AT THE WATER EVEN ....~~†$£¶
#¶£$†~~... THOUGH WE WERE NOT ALLOWED. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~  ~ ...~~†$£¶#
##¶£$†~~.. ~ ~  SOMETIMES  THE SLUICE  WOULD  CLOSE ..~~†$£¶##
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##¶£$†~~.. FOOT WOULD DRY  UP, REVEALING  THE ROCKY ..~~†$£¶##
#¶£$†~~... WATER  GARDEN   THAT  HAD  BEEN   HIDDEN ...~~†$£¶#
¶£$†~~.... BENEATH, AND WE WOULD GO THERE. ~ ~  ~ ~ ....~~†$£¶
#¶£$†~~... ~ ~  ~  ~ BEFORE THE DAM  OPENED  AGAIN, ...~~†$£¶#
##¶£$†~~.. THERE WOULD BE  A SIGNAL, BUT  THE ELVES ..~~†$£¶##
###¶£$†~~. WOULD  MAKE US NOT HEAR IT, AND SUDDENLY .~~†$£¶###
##¶£$†~~.. WE  WOULD FIND THE WATER RISING, ALREADY ..~~†$£¶##
#¶£$†~~... AT  OUR KNEES.  ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~  ~ ~ ~ ~ ...~~†$£¶#
¶£$†~~.... ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~  ~ ....~~†$£¶
#¶£$†~~... ~  BY THEN  THE  ELVES  WOULD BE GONE. ~ ...~~†$£¶#
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