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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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