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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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