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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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¤¤§§=~.... = BY THEN THE ELVES WOULD BE GONE. = ....~=§§¤¤
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