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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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