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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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