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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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