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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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