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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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