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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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