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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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