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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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...,~/**££ 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 #££**/~,..
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.....,~/** ~ BY THEN THE ELVES WOULD BE GONE. ~ **/~,.....
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