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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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###@$=;~,, ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ,,~;=$@###
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