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#&£§;~~^.. ~ ~ ~ ~ ELVES LIVE IN THE LAND ~ ~ ~ ~ ..^~~;§£&#
##£££§;~^. ~ ~ ~ ~ BEYOND THE GREAT DAM. ~ ~ ~ ~ .^~;§£££##
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###&£§;~^. ~ ~ ~ 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 .^~;§£&###
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###&£§;~^. ~ BY THEN THE ELVES WOULD BE GONE. ~ .^~;§£&###
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