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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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