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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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