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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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