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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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