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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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