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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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