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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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