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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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