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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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