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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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