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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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