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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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