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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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