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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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