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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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