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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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