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