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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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