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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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