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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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