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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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