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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 ,,~:%*£###
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##%:~,,,,, ~ BY THEN THE ELVES WOULD BE GONE. ~ ,,,,,~:%##
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