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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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