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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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