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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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