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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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