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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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