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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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