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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 ..-~:=¤£##
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##£¤=:~-.. 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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