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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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