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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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