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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 #,,####,,,
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#,,#,,###, ~ BY THEN  THE ELVES  WOULD  BE GONE.  ~ ,,#,#,#,,,
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