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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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##@£*/~... 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 ....~/*£@#
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