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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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