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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 ......:%#£
££##%$:~.. WATER GARDEN THAT HAD BEEN HIDDEN ..~:$%##££
#@£#%$:~.. BENEATH, AND WE WOULD GO THERE. ~ ~ ~ ~ ..~:$%#£@#
#@£#%$:~.. ~ ~ ~ ~ BEFORE THE DAM OPENED AGAIN, ..~:$%#£@#
####%$:~.. THERE WOULD BE A SIGNAL, BUT THE ELVES ..~:$%####
#%$::~~~.. WOULD MAKE US NOT HEAR IT, AND SUDDENLY ..~~~::$%#
#@£#%$:~.. WE WOULD FIND THE WATER RISING, ALREADY ..~:$%#£@#
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###$~..... ~ BY THEN THE ELVES WOULD BE GONE. ~ .....~$###
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