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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 ~-........
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.......... ~ BY THEN THE ELVES WOULD BE GONE. ~ ..........
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