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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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