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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. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ #@@¤£%:~..
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....~~%¤@@ ~ BY THEN THE ELVES WOULD BE GONE. ~ @@¤%~~....
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