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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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###@£*^~:. 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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