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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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