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###&*=;~^, ,^~;=*&###
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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. ~ ~ ~ ,^~;=*&###
###&*=;~^, ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ,^~;=*&###
###&*=;~^, ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ,^~;=*&###
####&=;~^, 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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