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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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