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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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