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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. ~ ~ ~ ¶¤¤%†~.,,,
,.~~^^^^%¶ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ¶%^^^^~~.,
,.~^†%¤¤¶¶ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ¶¶¤¤%†^~.,
,.~^†%¤¶## 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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