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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. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ¨~~=%§###@
#§%~~¨¨¨¨¨ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ¨¨¨¨¨~~%§#
#%=~~¨¨¨¨¨ ~ BY THEN THE ELVES WOULD BE GONE. ~ ¨¨¨¨¨~~=%#
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