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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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