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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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