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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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