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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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