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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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