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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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