,,^^~=*¤@# #@¤*=~^^,,
,,,,~=***¤ ¤***=~,,,,
,^~=**¤¤¤# #¤¤¤**=~^,
,^~=*¤@### ###@¤*=~^,
,^~=*¤¤@@@ @@@¤¤*=~^,
,,,,,^^=¤¤ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ¤¤=^^,,,,,
,,,^^=¤¤@# ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ #@¤¤=^^,,,
,^~=*¤¤@## ~ ~ ~ ~ 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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