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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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