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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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