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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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