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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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