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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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