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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 ......^~\*
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@&£*\~^... ~ BY THEN THE ELVES WOULD BE GONE. ~ ...^~\*£&@
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