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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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