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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 ,,,,~;%$$#
####§$%;~- AT OUR KNEES. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ -~;%$§####
##$;;~~-,, ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ,,-~~;;$##
###§$%;~-, ~ BY THEN THE ELVES WOULD BE GONE. ~ ,-~;%$§###
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