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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 #£§/^,,,,,
,^~/§$£@@@ AT OUR KNEES.  ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~  ~  ~ ~ ~ @@@£$§/~^,
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