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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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