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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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