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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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