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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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