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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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