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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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