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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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