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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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