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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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