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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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