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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 ,,,~:**¤##
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##¤**:~,,, 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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