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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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