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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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