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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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