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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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