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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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