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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 #####,##,#
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,,##,###,# WE  WOULD FIND THE WATER RISING, ALREADY #,,,,#,##,
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,##,,##### ~ BY  THEN  THE ELVES WOULD BE  GONE.  ~ ,#,#,##,#,
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