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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. ~ ~ ~ ¨¨¨-~/*%&@
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##@&%*/~-¨ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ¨-~/*%&@##
#@&%*/~-¨¨ 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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