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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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