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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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