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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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