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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 ,,:~:†¤###
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####¤†:~:, ~ BY THEN THE ELVES WOULD BE GONE. ~ ,:~:†¤####
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