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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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