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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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