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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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#@#£%%\~,. CAME TO TRUST THEM. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ US .,~\%%£#@#
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@@#£%%\~,. 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, .,~\%%%%%#
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@##£%%\~,. WOULD MAKE US NOT HEAR IT, AND SUDDENLY .,~\%%£##@
#@#£%%\~,. WE WOULD FIND THE WATER RISING, ALREADY .,~\%%£#@#
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