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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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