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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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