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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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