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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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