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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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