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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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