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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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