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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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