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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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