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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. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ \~-,,,,,,,
,,,,,,-~\% ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ %\~-,,,,,,
,,,,,-~\%@ ~ BY THEN THE ELVES WOULD BE GONE. ~ @%\~-,,,,,
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