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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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##@@£*^~~, 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 ,,,~^*£@@@
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@*~,,,,,,, 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 ,~~^*£@@@#
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