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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. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ #¤^:~-,,,,
,,,-~:^¤#@ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ @#¤^:~-,,,
,,-~:^¤#@# ~ BY THEN THE ELVES WOULD BE GONE. ~ #@#¤^:~-,,
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