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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 ###£&$^~^.
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...^~^$&£# 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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