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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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