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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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