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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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