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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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