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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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