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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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