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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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