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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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