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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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