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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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