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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. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ #¤¤¤:~....
.,~:%%¤¤## ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ##¤¤%%:~,.
.....,:%## ~ BY THEN THE ELVES WOULD BE GONE. ~ ##%:,.....
.,~:%¤#### ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ####¤%:~,.
.,~:%¤#### ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ####¤%:~,.
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