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...,~~~*$# ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ #$*~~~,...
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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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