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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, ....^~~%£#
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#@#£@%\~^. 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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