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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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