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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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####@**~-, ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ,-~**@####
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