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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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