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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 ,,,,,^^^*¤
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###¤£*^~,, ~ BY THEN THE ELVES WOULD BE GONE. ~ ,,~^*£¤###
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