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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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