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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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