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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 ..^~=^*#£#
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#£#*^=~^.. 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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