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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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