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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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@@^^^^~,,, ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ,,,~^^^^@@
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