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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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