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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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