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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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