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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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