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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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