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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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