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#&¤==^.... ....^==¤&#
####&¤^=~^ ^~=^¤&####
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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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