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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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