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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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