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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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