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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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