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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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