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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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