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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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