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¨,~:$%#### ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ####%$:~,¨
¨,~:$%#### ~ ~ ~ ~ ELVES LIVE IN THE LAND ~ ~ ~ ~ ####%$:~,¨
¨,~:$%#### ~ ~ ~ ~ BEYOND THE GREAT DAM. ~ ~ ~ ~ ####%$:~,¨
¨,~:$%#### ~ IT WAS BUILT IN THE LATE SIXTIES. ~ ####%$:~,¨
¨,~:$%#### ~ ~ ~ THE ELVES CAME TO US THEN. ~ ~ ~ ####%$:~,¨
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¨¨¨~::$%%# THEY WERE VERY MANIPULATIVE, AND WE #%%$::~¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,:%%# 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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