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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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