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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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