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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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