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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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