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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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