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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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