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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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