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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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