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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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