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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 /~^,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,, ~ BY THEN THE ELVES WOULD BE GONE. ~ ,,,,,,,,,,
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