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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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