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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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