#@#@$*\~.¨ ¨.~\*$@#@#
##@@$*\~.¨ ¨.~\*$@@##
#@#@$*\~.¨ ¨.~\*$@#@#
#@@***\~.¨ ¨.~\***@@#
#$\~¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨~\$#
@$$*~~~..¨ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ¨..~~~*$$@
#@$*\\~¨¨¨ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ¨¨¨~\\*$@#
#@#@$*\~.¨ ~ ~ ~ ~ ELVES LIVE IN THE LAND ~ ~ ~ ~ ¨.~\*$@#@#
@$$***\~.¨ ~ ~ ~ ~ BEYOND THE GREAT DAM. ~ ~ ~ ~ ¨.~\***$$@
#@#@$*\~.¨ ~ IT WAS BUILT IN THE LATE SIXTIES. ~ ¨.~\*$@#@#
#@#@$*\~.¨ ~ ~ ~ THE ELVES CAME TO US THEN. ~ ~ ~ ¨.~\*$@#@#
###@$*\~.¨ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ¨.~\*$@###
#@#@$*\~.¨ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ¨.~\*$@#@#
#@#@$*\~.¨ THEY WERE VERY MANIPULATIVE, AND WE ¨.~\*$@#@#
##@@$*\~.¨ CAME TO TRUST THEM. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ US ¨.~\*$@@##
#$*\~~~¨¨¨ KIDS WOULD PLAY DOWN AT THE WATER EVEN ¨¨¨~~~\*$#
###@$*\~.¨ THOUGH WE WERE NOT ALLOWED. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ¨.~\*$@###
@*~~~~¨¨¨¨ ~ ~ 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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