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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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