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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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