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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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