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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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