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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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