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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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