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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. ~ ~ ~ ##@@£==~-.
...-~==£@# ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ #@£==~-...
....~===@@ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ @@===~....
.-~==£@@@@ 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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