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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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