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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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