,,~*†%%§§# #§§%%†*~,,
,,,,,,~††§ §††~,,,,,,
,,~†%§#@## ##@#§%†~,,
,,~*†%§#@# #@#§%†*~,,
,,~*†%§#@# #@#§%†*~,,
,,,,,~**%§ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ §%**~,,,,,
,,,,~†%§§@ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ @§§%†~,,,,
,,~*†%§#@# ~ ~ ~ ~ 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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