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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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