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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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