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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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##£%%*\~:. 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, ...:~*%£££
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###£%*\~:. WOULD MAKE US NOT HEAR IT, AND  SUDDENLY .:~\*%£###
##£%%*\~:. WE WOULD  FIND THE WATER RISING, ALREADY .:~\*%%£##
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#£**\~.... ~ BY THEN  THE ELVES  WOULD BE  GONE.  ~ ....~\**£#
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