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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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