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@@@§$§;~,. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ .,~;§$§@@@
##@@§§;~,. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ .,~;§§@@##
@§§~,..... ~ ~ ~ ~ ELVES LIVE IN THE LAND ~ ~ ~ ~ .....,~§§@
§§$;;;;~,. ~ ~ ~ ~ BEYOND THE GREAT DAM. ~ ~ ~ ~ .,~;;;;$§§
@@@§$§;~,. ~ IT WAS BUILT IN THE LATE SIXTIES. ~ .,~;§$§@@@
##@§$§;~,. ~ ~ ~ THE ELVES CAME TO US THEN. ~ ~ ~ .,~;§$§@##
@§$§§§;~,. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ .,~;§§§$§@
#@@§$§;~,. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ .,~;§$§@@#
#@@§$§;~,. THEY WERE VERY MANIPULATIVE, AND WE .,~;§$§@@#
@§§§~~.... 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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