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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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