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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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