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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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