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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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