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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. ~ ~ ~ #&%%/~,,,,
,,,~/%%&## ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ##&%%/~,,,
,,~/%%&### ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ###&%%/~,,
,,,~/%%&## 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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