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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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