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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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##@#$^;~,¨ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ¨,~;^$#@##
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