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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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