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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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