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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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