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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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