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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 @@@£=;~:,,
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,,,:~;=£@@ ~ BY THEN THE ELVES WOULD BE GONE. ~ @@£=;~:,,,
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