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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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