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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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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨, ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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