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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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