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#¤¤*/~^,,,                                          ,,,^~/*¤¤#
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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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