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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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