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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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