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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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