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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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