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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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¨~~:=¤§@@# ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ #@@§¤=:~~¨
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