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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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