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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. = = = = = = = = = = = = £¤%*;=~...
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.~=;*%¤£@# = BY THEN THE ELVES WOULD BE GONE. = #@£¤%*;=~.
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