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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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