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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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