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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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