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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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