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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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