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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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