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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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