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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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