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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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