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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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