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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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