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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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