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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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