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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 ...-~~=@@£
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##£@@*=~-. ~ BY THEN THE ELVES WOULD BE GONE. ~ .-~=*@@£##
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