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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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