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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 ,&,,,,,,&&
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&,&&,,&,,& ~ BY THEN THE ELVES WOULD BE GONE. ~ &&,,&,,,,,
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