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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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