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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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