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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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