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¨~~†*§&¶@# #@¶&§*†~~¨
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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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