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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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