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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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##£&%*:~~. CAME TO TRUST THEM. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ US .~~:*%&£##
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££&&%*:~~. THOUGH WE WERE NOT ALLOWED. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ .~~:*%&&££
&*:~~..... ~ ~ SOMETIMES THE SLUICE WOULD CLOSE .....~~:*&
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##£&%*:~~. 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 .~~:*%&£##
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&*~~~~~... WE WOULD FIND THE WATER RISING, ALREADY ...~~~~~*&
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##£&%*:~~. ~ BY THEN THE ELVES WOULD BE GONE. ~ .~~:*%&£##
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