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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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