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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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