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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. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ¨#¨#¨#¨#¨#
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##¨#¨¨¨¨## ~ BY THEN THE ELVES WOULD BE GONE. ~ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
#¨###¨¨¨#¨ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ #¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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